The new annual global education monitoring report by UNESCO indicates that 251 million are out of school (OOS) which is a mere reduction of 1% since 2015.
Also, the number of OOS children in Africa increased by 12 million. Nigeria's OOS population accounts for 15% of the global total.
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Ngozi Ekugo
Ngozi Ekugo is a Senior Correspondent at BusinessDay. She holds a Masters in management from the University of Lagos, an undergraduate from University of Lagos, and is in an alumni of Queen's College. Shes currently an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM). She has a brief experience at Goldman sachs, London in its Human Capital Management division. She is interested in human capital development and is leveraging her varied experience across sectors to report labour and global mobility trends for stakeholders to make informed decisions.
